Junkie movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant junkie movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, realistic, disturbing, serious, captivating and tense films and TV shows about / with junkie, drugs, drug addict, drug abuse, heroin, female nudity, drug addiction, addiction, mentor and runaway plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as junkie: Requiem for a Dream (2000), Christiane F. (1981), We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (2021), Spun (2002), Blood (2004), Candy (2006), The Dirt (2019), Wheels (2014), Heartbeats (2009), Wonderland (2003).
Best films
List of junkie movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
addiction, drugs, heroin, insanity, drug addiction, mental illness, junkie, hallucination, drug abuse, depression, loneliness, drug addict ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the ...
Style:
serious, rough, bleak, disturbing, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
drug addiction, addiction, heroin, drugs, downfall, drug addict, drug overdose, drug abuse, junkie, teenage life, friendship, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, germany, poland, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Six teenagers fight for their dream of happiness and freedom, leaving behind all the problems with parents, teachers and others. Christiane, Stella, Babsi, Benno, Axel and Michi throw themselves into the heady nights of Berlin, without limits or ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking
Plot:
drug abuse, junkie, drug addict, drugs, friendship, youth, adolescence, gay, social issues, escapades, friends, society ...
Place:
berlin germany
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40K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up ...
Style:
psychedelic, disturbing, surreal, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drugs, drug addiction, drug addict, drug abuse, stripper, addiction, drugged, masturbation, methamphetamine, mental illness, self destructing, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After not having seen each other in five years, Chris Terry goes to visit his younger sister Noelle Terry in Montréal. Their lives, both together and apart, have been turbulent ones with something toxic having affected the way they interact with ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, erotic, sexy
Plot:
incest, implied incest, erotica, brother sister incest, junkie, prison, relationships, debt, forbidden love, brother sister relationship, bisexual man, incestuous relationship ...
Place:
montreal
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46K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and ...
Style:
disturbing, romantic, depressing, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
heroin, addiction, drug abuse, junkie, drugs, life is a bitch, destructive relationship, drug addiction, obsession, marriage, mental illness, lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, melbourne australia
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51K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.
Style:
sexy, humorous, captivating, slasher, sad ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rock, rock music, rock band, guitarist, music band, bassist, celebrity, junkie, drugs, drummer, singer, rise and fall ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two suicidal paraplegic junkies hustle their way through the city streets trying to find a reason to live.
Style:
touching, semi serious, psychological, sentimental, sad ...
Plot:
junkie, paraplegic, friendship, disability, introspection, cause and meaning, self discovery, suicide, life, loneliness, character study, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
"Encounter". Seven stories of women. Occasionally intersecting with each other in everyday situations. Parallel episodes of hope and abandonment, addiction and infidelity, but also friendship and trust.
Style:
touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
Plot:
marital problem, family relations, husband wife relationship, secret, mother daughter relationship, discrimination, junkie, adultery, racism, immigrants, everyday life, lifestyle ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, dark, tense, rough ...
Plot:
murder, heroin, addiction, junkie, police investigation, drugs, serial killer, violence, drug addiction, true crime, drug addict, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, pasadena california, sacramento california
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695K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, captivating, stylized, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drugs, existentialism, dark humor, british, junkie, drug abuse, counterculture, life is a bitch, surrealism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, england, europe, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A vending machine robbery by small time thief and drug addict Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) goes badly awry, and his friends contact street-wise thief and part-time druggie Mel (James Woods) to patch him up.Recognizing a kindred spirit, Mel befriends ...
Style:
realistic, talky, tense, road movie, sexy ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
drugs, addiction, junkie, drug addiction, murder, heist, drug addict, death, brutality, heroin, violence, sex scene ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
He lived the junkie's life as a heroin addict. Triathlon transformed him. Biopic of the record breaking Ironman Andreas Niedrig.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, captivating
Plot:
junkie, drug addict, drug use, heroin, lifestyle change, changing lives, fighting illness, coping, drastic change of life, lifestyle, sport, athlete's life ...
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Mari and Phyllis go to the "big city" to see their favorite band BloodLust. Along the way they meet up with newly escaped convict Krug and his gang.
Style:
disturbing, slasher, scary, controversial, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape, serial killer, rape and revenge, youth, revenge, psychopath, life is a bitch, violent, vengeance, kidnapping, murder, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, connecticut
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In order to become the owner of a snack bar with her boyfriend, Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, becomes an accomplice to a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio.
Style:
tense, serious, atmospheric, enigmatic, harsh ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drug addiction, marriage, society, divorce, brutality, manipulation, junkie, loneliness, attempted murder, life is a bitch, overdose, regret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe, france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bob and his friends Dianne, Rick and Nadine have been drug addicts for years and live from one high to the next. Gus Van Sant attempts to show an intimate look into the lives of heroin addicts with his film Drugstore Cowboy.
Style:
road movie, dark, thought provoking, realistic, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
drug abuse, drugs, heroin, addiction, drug addiction, junkie, dark humor, friendship, criminal, coming of age, drug addict, redemption ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
usa, portland oregon
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Michael is a basically decent guy with a pregnant girlfriend, great friends - and one massive drug problem. Because he missed his own Las Vegas bachelor party being too stoned, his four besties decide to kidnap him for a weekend of roughing it in ...
Style:
scary, thought provoking, disturbing, unusual plot structure
Plot:
heroin addiction, heroin addict, heroin, drug addiction, friends, drug dealer, bachelor party, drug abuse, bachelor, junkie, drug addict, drugs ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Join Jason on a chemically enhanced trip through the streets of Dublin as he stumbles from one misguided adventure to another. Somewhere between the DJs, decks, drug busts and hilltop raves, he stumbles across a familiar face from the past, his ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
dj, junkie, brother brother relationship, drugs, homelessness, brothers, brother brother reunion, urban setting, lifestyle, drug addict, homeless, brother ...
Place:
dublin ireland, ireland
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Follows 6 people low life junkies & strippers as they battle for survival in the midst of a zombie outbreak in a run town on the outskirts of a city.
Style:
psychotronic, scary, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
zombie, junkie, mutation, stripper, living dead, struggle for survival, zombie outbreak, survivor, walking dead, pandemic, survival, zombie apocalypse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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9K
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A typical night for veterans at a VFW turns into an all-out battle for survival when a desperate teen runs into the bar with a bag of stolen drugs. When a gang of violent punks come looking for her, the vets use every weapon at their disposal to ...
Style:
slasher, splatter, experimental, psychological, bloody ...
Plot:
gang, drug dealer, junkie, criminal, drugs, punk, drug addiction, siege, vietnam veteran, survival, trapped, revenge ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young musician takes a beautiful tattoo artist on a ride in a stolen classic car.
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, tense
Plot:
on the road, addiction, artist, musician, drug addict, stealing a car, junkie, jealousy, love and romance, couples, stoned, drugs ...
Place:
usa
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27K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private detective, prostitute, conspiracy, missing person, obsession, suspense, murder, private investigator, investigation, call girl, pimp, prostitution ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, california, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, factual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, psychopath, kidnapping, winter, murder investigation, sexual predator, drug overdose, manhunt, rape and murder, suspense, rape ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, year 1983
Place:
alaska, usa, boston
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Hannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.
Style:
touching, realistic, captivating, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
homelessness, drugs, sexual favor, emaciation, female nudity, black man white woman sex, junkie, heroin, black man white woman relationship, love and romance, couples, society ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, melancholic, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gambling, gambling addiction, poker, gambler, greed, casino, addiction, police investigation, embezzlement, banker, suspense, drugs ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, new jersey, toronto ontario canada, atlantic city new jersey, atlantic city ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Nathan's Kingdom is a dark fantasy, coming-of-age drama about Nathan, a 25-year-old autistic man struggling with his teenage prescription-addict sister, and rather than surrendering their lives to social services, they risk it all to find a ...
Style:
dark fantasy, disturbing, tense, psychological, captivating
Plot:
autism, junkie, coming of age, family problems, brother sister relationship, drug addict, escape from reality, dysfunctional family, social problems, adolescence vs adulthood, fantasy world, suspense ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Style:
emotional, rough, realistic, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug abuse, basketball, downfall, life is a bitch, teenage life, drug overdose, drug addiction, drugs, teenager, sport ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
new york, new jersey, california, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, rough, psychological ...
Plot:
drug addict, heroin, junkie, support group, life is a bitch, hopes, starting over, oral sex, addiction, friendship, drug dealer, tragedy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, vietnam, sydney australia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Style:
intense, exciting, stylized, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug addiction, drugs, addiction, junkie, blackmail, heroin, old friends reunited, friendship, sex scene, theft, female nudity, redemption ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1979, year 1974, 2010s
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, china, slovenia, london ...
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102
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In the outskirts of the city, where crime is a way of life, the paths of four desperate people collide. Jordan Coleman, a local drug dealer, finds himself at a crossroads when his friend and mentor gets in too deep with a ruthless gangster and club ...
Style:
captivating, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, tense, controversial
Plot:
drug addiction, murder, criminal, gangsters, drugs, police officer, junkie, policewoman, robbery, drug dealer, suspense, train ...
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